Transcript B Manso a la obra

Irregular preterites: venir, poner, decir, and traer
The verbs venir, poner, decir, and traer follow a pattern in
the preterite that is similar to that of estar, poder, and
tener. All these verbs have irregular stems and use the
same unaccented endings.
Irregular preterites: venir, poner, decir, and traer
Note that verbs like decir and traer, whose
irregular stems end in j, drop the i in the
Uds./ellos/ellas form and add only -eron.
Me trajeron una silla de ruedas y me dijeron que
no debía tratar de caminar.
Imperfect progressive and preterite
To describe something that was taking place over a period
of time in the past, use the imperfect progressive, which
uses the imperfect tense of estar + the present participle.
Estaba esquiando cuando me caí y me torcí la rodilla.
I was skiing when I fell and sprained my knee.
Imperfect progressive and preterite
The present and imperfect progressive tenses use the
same present participles. Remember, to form
the present participle of -ir stem-changing verbs, e
changes to i and o changes to u:
Imperfect progressive and preterite
• When you use object pronouns with the imperfect
progressive, you can put them before estar or attach them to
the participle.
—¿Qué estabas haciendo cuando te cortaste?
—Estaba afeitándome. o: Me estaba afeitando.
Imperfect progressive and preterite
• Note that the imperfect progressive describes
what was taking place while the preterite tells
a specific occurrence in the past or interrupts
the action.
Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el tobillo.